Dr. Linnéa Österman

Biography

Linnéa Österman is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Gothenburg, focusing on criminal justice policy and practice, criminalization processes, and social exclusion. Her research is primarily in feminist criminology, with a specific focus on women's experiences and rights within the criminal justice system. She completed her doctorate in criminology at the University of Surrey in England in 2016, where her thesis was a qualitative comparative study on women's experiences with crime and justice in penal cultures in Sweden and England. Her research addresses women's routes through crime and punishment, exploring the intersection of penal and societal structures. Österman has led various research projects concerning women's experiences with restorative justice and international longitudinal perspectives on crime. In her teaching role, she covers courses in criminology at both the Department of Social Work and the Department of Sociology and Work Science, emphasizing critical perspectives on criminal justice and qualitative methods. She has extensive experience designing academic courses, including those in women's prisons in England. Her publications include notable contributions to the field, including works on the gender disparities in the criminal justice system, restorative practices, and social exclusion.

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